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What is Bikepacking?

Simply put, bikepacking is the synthesis of mountain biking and minimalist camping; it evokes the freedom of multi-day backcountry hiking, with the range and thrill of riding a mountain bike. Click the link below to find out how to start. Start Here

How to Bikepack.

Broadly speaking, there are three bikepacking genres to choose from – Multi-day Mountain Biking, Ultralight Race & Gravel, and Expedition & Dirt Touring. Click the link below to learn about each.
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Where to go.

As important as it is to have a reliable bike and pack as light as you can, choosing the right route is perhaps the key to your enjoyment. Visit this section to learn how to choose a route, and some insight into navigation.
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When & How Long?

The average bikepacking trip should be based around riding between 25-75 miles (40-120 km) per day, depending on the weight of your load, the difficulty of the terrain ...
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The Routes Map

We have ~100 routes on our worldwide bikepacking routes map. Cick the link to see them plotted or select from the links to the right to filter. View The Map

Classic Routes

There are some routes that are made classic by their sheer perfection, and others by races. View The Classics

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Route of Caravans

A few photos from our trek through the Draa Valley and Dades Gorge, in route to the High Atlas Mountains…

In the days after our adventure in the Sahara, the sciroccos continued to blow a notable fog of sand around the foot of the Draa Valley. We were ready to beeline towards the High Atlas and escape the dust. But first we had to take the long dirt track that meanders up the Draa, following the river and a continuous wave of green palm oasis. The same route followed by caravans from the Sahara centuries before. From there we would take a combination of buses to get us to a town beneath the Dades Gorge, where we’d start our trek. Here are a few photos from our time in the Draa and a couple from the Dades.

The Dust continues to blow as we leave the town of Mhamid.

A mudbrick kasbah in Zagora.

Inside the fortress walls of the kasbah.

Colorful dressed women walking the streets of Zagora.

Leaving the touristy town of Zagora on a piste road that would wind up the valley to Agdz.

A fellow cyclist on the track.

The road veered away from the oasis for a bit and the landscape became stark.

A bike photo op turned portrait when this young man came up to check out the tires.

A pile of bicycles at a local school.

Watermelons growing in the desert.

A Berber language, I think, written on a building in the valley.

It seems that as we move North, the children are getting slightly more interested.

Looking for a campsite.

This one will do… nestled on the floor of the oasis.

The walls of a kasbah.

The Atlas glistening in the distance, outside of Ouarzazate.

I usually try and steer clear of these tourist snake guys.

The start of green carpet at the floor of the Dades gorge.

Working our way up.

Wildflowers start to pop as we start getting up in altitude.

A woman works the fields in the valley.

The contrast is amazing as the hills go from nothing to green at the river.